Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-10-01

A man wasdyrng: and he said to his wifo
"Rebecca. YOU wouldn't let me have fami1
PRAYERS: and YOU laughed about all that. and
you got me away into worlilinesss and now
am going to die, and my fate is sealed, AMI
you are the cause Of my ruine . woman
what knowest thou but thou eailst destro9
thy husband2 Are there not some here wht
have kindly Influences at hOmef Are their
not some here who have wandered far awaN
from God, who can remember the Christian
influences in the early home9 Do not de-
spise those influences, my brother. II yos
die without Christ, what will you d
with your mothers prayers, with YOU
wife's importunities, with your sisterl
entreatiess What will you do with
the letters they used to write to YOU, with
the memory of those days when they attended
you so kindly in times Of sicknessl Oh, 4
there be Just one strand holding YOU tres
floating off on that dark sea. I would lall
like this morning to take hold Of that straw
and pull you to the beaeht For the sake e
your wife's God, for the sake Of your motherA
God, for the sake of your daughters God -
the FAKE of your sisters God, come this day
and be saved
Lastly, l wish to say that one Of the specific
rights of woman is, through the grace Of
Christ. finally to reach Heaven. Mary,
Christ's mother, in Heavens Elizabeth Fry 10
Heaven; Charlotte Elizabeth in Heaven thu
mother of Augustine in Heavens the Countess
of Huntingdon-who sold her splendid Jewels
to build chapels-in Heavens while a great
many others who have never been heard Of
on earth or known but little, have gone into
the rest and peace of heaven What q rest
What a change it was from the small room,
with no fire and one window, the glass broken
out, and the aching side, and worn out eYeS,
to the 'house OF many mansionsw Ne
more stitching until II at night, no more
thrusting of the thumb by the employer
through the work to show it was not done
quite right. Plenty Of bread at last
Heaven for aching heads Heaven for broken
hearts. Heaven for anguish bitten frames,
No more sitting up until midnight for the
coming of the staggering steps. No more
rough blows across the temples No more
sharp, keen. bitter curses. some Of you will
have no rest in this world 1t will be toll and
struggle and suffering all the way up You
will have to stand at your door fighting back
the wolf with your own hand, red with car
mage. But God has q crown for YOU
want to realize this morning that he is now
making it. and whenever you weep a tear he
sets another gem in that crowns whenever
YOU have pang OF body or
soul, he puts another gem in that
tiara there will be no room for an
other splendor, and God will saw to his angel
stThe crown is done; let her up that she MAJ
wear it.n And as the Lord Of Righteousness
puts the crown upon your brow angel wi1
cry to angel: SWhO is Shef' and Christ viii
say. 81 will tell you who she is. She is the
one that came up out Of great tyibUlatiOH
and had her robe washed and made white il
the blood of the Lamb" And then God vii
spread banquet. and He will invite all thu
municipalities of heaven to sit at the feast
and the tables will blush with the bed
clusters from the vineyards Of God
and crimson with the twelve msnnet
of fruits from the Tree of Life and watea,
from the fountains of the rock will flash fr0u
the golden tankards; and the Old harperS OF
heaven will sit there, making music with their
harps and Christ will point YOU out. amid
the celebrities of heaven, saying $She sNf-
fered with me on earth, now we are going to
be glorified together. And the banqueteFs,
no longer able to hold their peace, will break
forth with congratulation; "Hailp hailfA
And there will be handwritings on the wall
not such as struck the Persian nohleman
with horror-but fire-tipped fingers, writing
in blazing capitals Of light, and love. and
victory: "God hath wiped away all tears
from all facesp